Sunday, May 25, 2008

the Zambales misadventure


RC, Mae, Joy and I were so excited for our Zambales trip. We’ve been preparing for it for almost a month. Food, drinks, cameras, tents… they’re all set. All we need is to get there and make the most of our last summer outing for this year.


It was a Saturday morning after work, we first feasted on Mae’s home made spaghetti, got inside RC’s car and were so ready to go. There’s a slight problem though. Looks like it’s going to rain. God, no! Pleaze…Not this time!

I might have dozed off, I didn’t realize we’re already in Pampanga and the worst thing is already happening. It’s raining! I felt so upset especially when Joy told me about the typhoon. And it’s going to our destination too.

I was still hoping that it would stop. To divert our frustrations, we made fun of the “how to get there” instructions that we printed out of the resort’s website where we’re headed. (double click to enlarge na lang, hehe)


We arrived just on time. We hurried at the information counter and demanded for our room keys. The girl was handing us some money instead, the money we sent for our reservations! They’re closing the resort because of the bad weather! WTF!


Not to spoil the fun (more), we decided to check for resorts nearby while I was swearing non-stop and made a promise never to go back to that place again.

We found this resort somewhere in Subic.

Brownout. Can’t use the AC and no lights. We were provided candles, nagkaroon na lang kuryente madaling araw na. We thought the waves were not safe enough for swimming so we spent the night eating and playing cards inside our room, and lots of picture taking!

We were up early the next day. Sinulit na lang maligo sa beach.

If not because of the typhoon, we should have been to the famous Anawangin. Nanay Belen shared this tragic story about an incident happened at Anawangin before. Hmmm, maybe I should never think about going to that place anymore.


21 comments:

aajao said...

sumama rin sa outing nyo si Cosme? haha. langyang Cosme yan kahilig sa outing... eh sumama rin sa outing namin yun eh! haha

my-so-called-Quest said...

sarap siguro lumangoy!
di lang ako masyado mahilig sa beach! ibang b*tch ata mas masaya. hheheh

ingats!

Ambo said...

Naku try mo sa anawangin brother. maganda dun talaga. kaso ingat lang talaga. masarap mag bonfire dun sa gabi. tapos madming pine trees kaya para kang nasa baguio na me dagat ang gulo hahaha.

Anonymous said...

hi ely, am sure mag enjoy din kayo dun sa anawangin pero mabuti na rin na iniwasan nyo esp kung bagyo nga. teka, anong resort yung hindi nyo na babalikan para maiwasan na rin namin yun :) eto nga pala, may bago akong sinulat about anawangin, just in case you're interested.
http://kengkay.wordpress.com/2008/05/26/liwanagin-natin-ang-misteryo-ng-anawangin-beach/

Ely said...

aajao. Oo ang epal na Cosme, sinira lakad namin!

my-so-called-quest, haha. Ako din dati di mahilig sa beach. Pero pag may nag-envite saken at free ako, go lang...mas ok na un ksa ibang bitch!

Ambo, takam nga kami sa Anawangin eh. Nakaready na tent, tas ihaw sana kami dun. Kaso ayun nga, di natuloy. :P

Kengkay, Sori, i forgot the name of the resort, dun sana kami check-in then boat kami from there to Anawangin. BTW, Thanks for the link!

Anonymous said...

HOY! anak nang! di kita pinapayagang pumunta nang Anawangin ha?! hahahah! anak nang hjmpt! kaya pala di ka nakasama sa Davao ha?

.::. Vanny .:. said...

waaah. wawa naman yung anawangin, di mo binisita! parang dami ng nega issue na lumalabas sa beach na to ah.. but i still love it.. u know, love your own. haha. i grew up there. hehe/

btw, bloghoppin! ;)

Abaniko said...

Don't worry. There's still another time for Anawangin. Be sure when you go there, the weather's fine so you'll enjoy the place to the max.

Ely said...

reyna elena, Baka hindi na ako babalik dun. Pero kaka-temp kasi ang ganda. hehehe

hi Vanny, ur from Zambales? Saw some pictures of Anawangin, ang ganda! Sayang talaga di kami natuloy.

Ely said...

Abaniko, hopefully, may magyaya ulit. The place is irresistible. DOble ingat na lang siguro to be safe.

Portia said...

oh well, Ely, sometimes travel is travail!

.::. Vanny .:. said...

hi ely!
actually im from subic. i grew up there. meron lang kameng bahay sa zambales and some of my relatives are from there. ^_^

ei, il link u nga po pala. hope its ok. :D

KRIS JASPER said...

nakaka miss ang beach... yung hindi malamig ang tubig...

Ely said...

Vanny, Ah OK, lapit Subic ung resort na napuntahan namin, sa may Baloy's ata un. Thanks for the link. Added u too!

Kris Jasper, yup, ndi malamig yung tubig kahit umaga kami naligo...

4ever7 said...

Wow, daming comment!

Felix said...

got your reply! tnx

Dakilang Islander said...

buti hindi lahat ng resort nagclose otherwide talagang misadventure nga! talagang walang atrasan yung outing nyo ah kahit bagyo...hehh

Anonymous said...

if that's the case, ayaw ko na rin puntahan yan. lols.

pero ok na rin, at least experience..misadventure man.

Ely said...

indeed, Portia.

JB...thanks for the commment!

dakilang islander, yup, naghanap talaga kami ng open. bagyo kung bagyo, hehe

bryceburg.com, oo nga eh, kakatakot.

ruthinian said...

Hmmmm... now I really miss the Philippines. Lalo ngayon na alam ko na summer diyan. Kaya lang nakakatakot pag may bagyo. Thanks for always visiting my site ha. I really appreciate it.

Ely said...

Ruthi, ur welcome! maganda magbakasyon after the rainy season.